Actor
Hedda Hopper
May 2, 1885 · Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Hedda Hopper (May 2, 1885 – February 1, 1966) was an American actress and gossip columnist, notorious for feuding with her arch-rival Louella Parsons. She had been a moderately successful actress of stage and screen for years before being offered the chance to write the column Hedda Hopper's Hollywood for the Los Angeles Times in 1938. At the height of her power in the 1940s she commanded a 35 million strong readership. She was well known for her political conservatism, and during the McCarthy era she named suspected communists. Hopper continued to write gossip until the end, her work appearing in many magazines and later on radio.
Notable work
Often works with
Gary Cooper
3 titles together
Wings, The Stolen Jools, Children of Divorce
Joan Crawford
3 titles together
The Women, The Stolen Jools, Our Blushing Brides
Buster Keaton
2 titles together
Sunset Boulevard, Speak Easily
Fred Aldrich
2 titles together
Sunset Boulevard, I Love Lucy
Clara Bow
2 titles together
Wings, Children of Divorce
El Brendel
2 titles together
Wings, The Stolen Jools
Full filmography · 138
Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
as Hedda Hatter
1966
The Oscar
as Hedda Hopper
1966
Pepe
as Hedda Hopper
19606.4
The Hostess with the Mostes'
as Maizie Weldon
1957
Sunset Boulevard
as Hedda Hopper
19508.3
Reap the Wild Wind
as Aunt Henrietta
19426.4
Life with Henry
as Mrs. Aldrich
1941
Cross-Country Romance
as Mrs. North
1940
Queen of the Mob
as Mrs. Emily Sturgis
1940Laugh It Off
as Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Rockingham
1939
That's Right – You're Wrong
as Hedda Hopper (Uncredited)
1939
What a Life
as Mrs. Aldrich
1939